{"id":"tas:sr-1998-075","name":"Proclamation under the Residential Tenancy Act 1997","slug":"proclamation-under-the-residential-tenancy-act-1997","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"75 of 1998","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":319088,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-1998-075-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Residential Tenancy Act 1997","content":"> Proclamation under the Residential Tenancy Act 1997\n\nI, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, by this my proclamation made under [section 2 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-082#) [Residential Tenancy Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-082) fix 1 July 1998 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n19 June 1998\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nR. J. GROOM\n\nMinister for Justice\n\nDisplayed and numbered in accordance with the *[Rules Publication Act 1953](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1953-050)*.\n\nNotified in the *Gazette* on 24 June 1998\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substantive scope or content of the Residential Tenancy Act 1997; it only fixes the Act's commencement date under section 2. It therefore alters timing but not the Act's legal rights, obligations or regulatory reach."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative action: fixes a commencement date (straightforward effect).","Formal executive exercise: made by the Governor on Executive Council advice (conventional constitutional formality).","References section 2 of the Residential Tenancy Act 1997 as the enabling provision.","Publication requirement noted (Gazette; Rules Publication Act 1953) — procedural rather than substantive.","Administration assigned to Department of Justice — implementation responsibility identified.","No amendments, transitional arrangements or substantive legal changes are included in the text."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 1 July 1998 as the day the Residential Tenancy Act 1997 begins to operate in Tasmania. The Governor, acting on Executive Council advice and invoking section 2 of the Act, published the commencement in the Gazette; administrative responsibility is recorded as resting with the Department of Justice.\n\nThe proclamation makes the Act legally effective from that date, affecting landlords, tenants and courts. Compliance costs and legal obligations created by the Act fall on those regulated parties, while administrative duties fall to the Department of Justice."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available content, there is no indication that the scope of this proclamation changed from its original intent. It appears to have served its straightforward purpose of commencing the Residential Tenancy Act 1997 and has remained unchanged since 24 June 1998, with only administrative file updates noted."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself contains very little substantive legal content — it is a procedural instrument (a proclamation) rather than substantive legislation","The actual legal rules and obligations are contained in the parent Act (Residential Tenancy Act 1997), not in this proclamation","Minimal text is available for analysis — the document is largely metadata and administrative information rather than operative legal provisions","Straightforward single-purpose instrument with no apparent cross-references or conditional provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation formally brought Tasmania’s Residential Tenancy Act 1997 into effect on 24 June 1998. It triggered the law that sets landlords’ obligations and tenants’ rights for private residential rentals in Tasmania.\n\nIt therefore affects renters, landlords and property managers in the state and explains why the Act has governed tenancy relationships continuously since that date."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward commencement instrument performing exactly the function intended — bringing the parent Act into force on a specified date. No scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing the commencement date)","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the parent Act)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard ceremonial language only"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into force.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **1 July 1998** as the date when Tasmania's *Residential Tenancy Act 1997* officially starts operating.\n- Before this date, the Act existed on paper but had no legal effect. After this date, landlords and tenants in Tasmania had to follow its rules.\n\n**Who made it:**\n- The **Governor of Tasmania** (the Queen's representative at state level), acting on advice from the **Executive Council** (the Premier and senior ministers).\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws often pass Parliament months before they take effect. This proclamation is the \"switch\" that turns the law on.\n- It gives everyone — property managers, tenants, courts — certainty about when the new tenancy rules begin.\n\n**Key detail:** The proclamation was signed on 19 June 1998 and published in the *Gazette* (the official government newspaper) on 24 June 1998, giving just over a week's notice before commencement."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the file was modified in November 2024, then the version as it currently stands cannot be authentically described as 'current from 24 June 1998' without qualification. Either the document has changed (in which case the currency date is misleading) or it has not changed (in which case the 2024 modification date is unexplained). The two metadata fields are in tension.","confidence":0.62,"description":"The version is stated to be 'current from 24 June 1998 to date', yet the file was 'last modified 22 November 2024'. A proclamation that has been modified cannot simultaneously be current from its original 1998 date without amendment history being transparently reconciled."},{"type":"other","section":"Currency of version / Update Policy","severity":"low","reasoning":"A Proclamation is a discrete executive instrument that brings legislation into force on a specified date. It does not ordinarily receive iterative amendments in the way an Act does. Embedding a standing update disclaimer appropriate to consolidating legislation is logically inapt for this instrument type.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The legislation states it is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation', yet this is a Proclamation — a single executive act — not ongoing legislation subject to rolling amendment. Applying a rolling update policy to a Proclamation is categorically incongruous."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version: 'Version current from 24 June 1998 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 22 November 2024'","confidence":0.65,"description":"The instrument asserts it has been current and unchanged since 24 June 1998, while simultaneously disclosing that the file was modified as recently as 22 November 2024. These two statements cannot both be fully accurate without a clear explanation of what changed in 2024 and why that change does not affect the stated currency date."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-residential-tenancy-act-1997","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-residential-tenancy-act-1997/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-residential-tenancy-act-1997/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-residential-tenancy-act-1997/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-residential-tenancy-act-1997/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-residential-tenancy-act-1997/documents"}}